Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Patna
State : Bihar
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Shri Radhamohan Thakur
Mother's Name : Smt. Sharda Thakur
Date of birth : 03 Sep 1931
Profession : Medical Practitioner Scientist, Educationist
Positions held :
1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests; and its Sub-Committee on Ganga Action PlanMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)22 Nov. 1999– 26 May 2000 Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources27 May 2000- 30 June 2002 Union Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Welfare29 Jan. 2003- onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Small Scale Industries; Development of North-Eastern Region
More Information :
Books Published
i) Dynamics of Development (Editor and Contributor); (ii) Glimpses of Indian Technology (Co-author); (iii) World Trade Organization (author); (iv) Technical Report Series 791 upto 1990 (Geneva) Control of Leishmaniasis (joint author); (v) Recent Trends in Leishmania Research (contributor); (vi) Text Book of Medicine—API Text Book of Medicine (Joint author); and (vii) India Under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, B.J.P. Era
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Published more than 100 research papers in medical journals and more than 200 articles in press; Member, (i) Scientific Working Group (Leishmaniasis), W.H.O. (Geneva); (ii) Steering Committee (W.H.O. Geneva); and (iii) Expert Committee (Leishmaniasis), 1988-2000; Awarded, (i) Padmashree; (ii) BC Roy National Award (Indian Medical Council); (iii) BKAIKET ORATION AWARD (Indian Council of Medical Research); and (iv) P.N. Raju Oration Award (ICMR)
Social And Cultural Activities
Motivating Harijans for going to school through Yagao Pawit Sanskar; organising medical camps in remote areas; and motivating people to participate in such activities
Special Interests
Scientific Research in Kala-azar (Visceral Leishmaniasis); educating the poor children; and educational development of Bihar
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Listening to music, watching cricket and gardening
Sports and Clubs
Patron of different sports clubs; and of sports in backward areas
Countries Visited
France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Russia, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.
Other Information
Stood first and received gold medal in M.B.B.S. Honours; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and currently Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Patna Medical College; Chairman, Balaji Utthan Sansthan, Patna, 1994 onwards; Member, (i) Cardiological Society of India; (ii) Indian Medical Association; (iii) Indian Science Congress Association; (iv) Association of Physicians of India; (v) New York Academy of Science; (vi) British Medical Association; organised and chaired many scientific meetings and symposia; Revolutionised the concept of treatment of Kala-azar and recognised as an international authority in this field; and still supervising research on Kala-azar in Bihar; Member, Board of Governors, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 1998
